# Accident 19811010069489A: Cessna 182C, Pepperell, MA, October 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1981, 14:15 local time
- Place: Pepperell, MA
- Airport: Sports Center
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6748° N, 71.5922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pepperell, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6748&lon=-71.5922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8776T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8776T-2021-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,943 total, 122 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FNA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FNA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811010069489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

JUMPERS CHEST PACK OPENED NEAR EXIT. JUMPER HIT DOOR AND DAMAGED DOOR FRAME WHEN CHUTE OPENED AND JERKED HIM OUT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC82FNA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FNA02), Oct 10, 1981: Cessna 182 (N8776T), East Pepperell, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8776T (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19860302005269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860302005269A), Mar 2, 1986: Cessna 182C (N8776T), Pepperell, MA, Substantial damage. The engines failed on downwind. The aircraft hit a snowbank beside the runway when the pilot was blinded by the sun.
- [Accident 19771002041079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771002041079A), Oct 2, 1977: Cessna 182H (N8776T), Pepperell, WI, Substantial damage. Student squat low, pins activated. Leg hit stab. Misc-premature chute opening
- [Accident 19740819030239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740819030239A), Aug 19, 1974: Cessna 182C (N8776T), Hampton, GA, Substantial damage. Maintenance flt ck being conducted. Ran off end rwy dwn 4 ft embankment. Plt rptd low oil pres.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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